Package: sun-java6
Version: 6-00-2
Severity: critical
Tags: security, upstream

The sun-java6 version in testing is vulnerable to CVE-2007-5689 :
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5689

From http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2007-5689 :

Overview

 The Java Virtual Machine (JVM) in Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in SDK 
and JRE 1.3.x through 1.3.1_20 and 1.4.x through 1.4.2_15, and JDK and JRE 
5.x through 5.0 Update 12 and 6.x through 6 Update 2, allows remote attackers 
to execute arbitrary programs, or read or modify arbitrary files, via applets 
that grant privileges to themselves. 
 
Impact

 CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
 CVSS v2 Base score: 10.0 (High) (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) (legend) 
 Impact Subscore: 10.0
 Exploitability Subscore: 10.0 

This is fixed in the unstable version, which is waiting a missing ia64 build 
or to be forced to migrate.


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